Mobile Connectivity

SatixFy revealed details of its Onyx Aero terminal for aviation on Monday, touting that it can simultaneously communicate with multiple satellites in multiple orbits. SatixFy said Onyx uses multi-beam electronically steered multi-beam antenna and software-defined radio (SDR) technology. Onyx Aero is scheduled for test flights on wide-body and narrow-body aircraft in the second half of...

SpaceX announced a maritime satcom offering for the Starlink constellation on Thursday. Starlink Maritime is advertised as offering 350 Mbps download for $5,000 per month, with a one-time hardware cost of $10,000 for two high performance terminals. SpaceX announced the news on July 7 after launching 53 new Starlink satellites to orbit earlier in the...

Omnispace announced Wednesday that it is collaborating with South Asia/Pacific telco Ncinga PTE LTD on 5G communications. Omnispace and Ncinga said they will work to develop and deliver 5G, direct-to-device mobile communications, from the Omnispace satellite network to Ncinga markets including the Fiji Islands, Maldives, and Sri Lanka. The announcement was light ons specifics, but...

Ovzon, a mobile satellite communications solutions company, is preparing for the launch of its Ovzon 3 satellite, a major milestone for the company. Ovzon CEO Per Norén spoke with Via Satellite about how the satellite will “revolutionize” its Satcom-as-a-Service offering, an end-to-end managed service that combines satellite capacity with its mobile terminals. In this interview, Norén shares...

Isotropic Systems has completed multi-orbit antenna field tests with Telesat. Isotropic Systems’ antenna tracked and established a link with Telesat’s Phase 1 Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite and a Geostationary Orbit (GEO) satellite simultaneously. The tests, announced March 22, were conducted live with Telesat at its Allan Park Teleport in Ontario, Canada.  This follows previous tests...

Intelsat has placed a multimillion-dollar order for Gilat Satellite Networks‘ SkyEdge IV Taurus modems to expand its capabilities the in-flight connectivity (IFC) arena, the companies announced Monday. SkyEdge IV Taurus is an ultra-high-performance modem for IFC designed to provide Wi-Fi and IPTV for passengers on commercial airlines, regional aircraft, and business jets. Taurus is backward...

Lynk Global reports that recent pre-commercial tests on its fifth satellite in orbit connected the satellite to thousands of unmodified devices, including cell phones and IoT devices.  Lynk said in a Tuesday release that the tests were done across five countries — the Bahamas, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States — connecting...

Kymeta and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions have formed a strategic partnership to develop products that integrate mobile satellite antennas and virtualized ground systems. According to the Feb. 1 announcement, the partnership will first focus on jointly developing a software-defined remote terminal for multi-orbit use cases, connecting to multiple orbits through the same antenna.  The...

Gilat Satellite Networks debuted its next-generation very small aperture terminal (VSAT) on Wednesday, the SkyEdge IV. The VSAT was designed for the evolving satellite connectivity ecosystem, to work across multiple orbits, with software-defined satellites, with use cases like fixed and mobile connections, 5G, and IoT.   The company said it has already secured “significant” orders for...

Isotropic Systems has demonstrated its satellite terminal to the U.S. Army, showing that separate satellites in different orbits simultaneously linked to a single multi-link antenna. The test was with the Army, at the Army proving grounds in Aberdeen, Maryland. It was part of the U.S. Air Force‘s Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet (DEUCSI) program, which...